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A version of this archives appears in print on May 30, 1897, on Page 19 of the New York edition with the headline: THE POPE'S LATIN POEM.; His Holiness Praises the Gifts of Nature and Tells How to Reach Old Age. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe